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  1. Electrocardiogram Results: ***READ ME*** | PSNet

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    May 01, 2019 - Innovations Preventing Falls Through Patient and Family Engagement to Create Customized Prevention

  2. Patient Safety and Opioid Medications | PSNet

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    January 01, 2015 - This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a 200% increase in opioid overdose

  3. Final Progress Report: Evaluate the Effects of the Massachusetts Reporting System (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors Lucian L. Leape, M.D. … Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors Katherine Howitt, M.A. … “retention of a foreign object” (22%), “medication errors” (18%), “patient death associated with a fall … Patient death associated with a fall while being cared for in a healthcare facility 18. 7 E. … Paula Griswold, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors

  4. Facilitator-Notes (doc file)

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    March 01, 2017 - SLIDE 3 SAY: Why is infection prevention and quality improvement important? … PLAY VIDEO: Video 2.1: Importance of Infection Prevention ASK: Why is infection prevention important … in America’s Nursing Homes campaign and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s infection prevention

  5. High Reliability | PSNet

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    January 29, 2020 - High Reliability Citation Text: High Reliability. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS Downl…

  6. 1. Are we ready for this change? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2014 - What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that we want to use? 4. … How do we sustain the redesigned prevention practices? 7. … There are many potential reasons to implement a pressure ulcer prevention program. … Nurses' attitudes, behaviors, and perceived barriers towards pressure ulcer prevention. … facility has implemented a pressure ulcer prevention policy     Current pressure ulcer prevention

  7. 1. Are we ready for this change? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/pressureulcer/tool/pu1.html
    October 01, 2014 - What are the best practices in pressure ulcer prevention that we want to use? 4. … How do we sustain the redesigned prevention practices? 7. … There are many potential reasons to implement a pressure ulcer prevention program. … Nurses' attitudes, behaviors, and perceived barriers towards pressure ulcer prevention. … facility has implemented a pressure ulcer prevention policy     Current pressure ulcer prevention

  8. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

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    September 29, 2011 - Online: September 29, 2011 3 The mechanical approaches to coronary revascularization fall … We anticipate that any included retrospective studies would fall into a grading of fair or poor. … Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women: 2007 update. … ‗ABCDE‘ makes an effective prevention tool. … Representation of women in randomized clinical trials of cardiovascular disease prevention.

  9. Hold That Order | PSNet

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    December 19, 2018 - affect blood pressure or heart rate are often ordered to be held when blood pressures or heart rates fall … Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Selected medication safety risks that can easily fall

  10. In Conversation With… Gordon Schiff, MD | PSNet

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    February 26, 2025 - The thoracic surgeon said I "shouldn't fall on my sword" because the delay didn't really change her stage … We have annual conferences, the 11th is coming up this fall in New Orleans.

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2014 - from Medicare's Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program, including process measures focused on the prevention … In 2014, the program will expand to include the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection … The impact of computerized physician order entry on medication error prevention.

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2006 - Pretest Probability Score 2 1 0 Thrombocytopenia (x 109/L) ____ Nadir 20–100, or >50% platelet fall … from baseline Nadir 10–19, or 30–50% platelet fall from baseline Nadir Timing of onset of platelet … fall after starting heparin ____ Day 5–10, or less than or equal to day 1 if recent heparin* >Day

  13. Hidden Heparins: HIT Happens | PSNet

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    March 27, 2024 - Probability Score 2 1 0 Thrombocytopenia (x 10 9 /L) ____ Nadir 20–100, or >50% platelet fall … from baseline Nadir 10–19, or 30–50% platelet fall from baseline Nadir Timing of onset of … platelet fall after starting heparin ____ Day 5–10, or less than or equal to day 1 if recent heparin

  14. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities, Module 2 (pdf file)

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    June 01, 2012 - Module 1 focuses on detecting changes in a resident’s condition, and Module 3 covers falls prevention … may use different words to say the same thing (e.g., new words come into general usage, while others fall … may use different words to say the same thing (e.g., new words come into general usage, while others fall

  15. Evidence Behind Pain, Agitation, and Delirium: Assessments and Sedation Management: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    January 01, 2017 - "A" represents the assessment, prevention, and management of pain. … with safety through protocolization, the ABCDEF bundle, and delirium monitoring and management for the prevention

  16. Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    March 01, 2017 - facility educator train facility staff, and when appropriate, residents and families, on infection prevention … The educational bundles can be used to supplement your infection prevention orientation curriculum. … High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions: Executive Summary.

  17. PowerPoint Presentation: Learn From Defects Through Sensemaking

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    December 01, 2017 - Infection rates from hospital epidemiology and infection prevention also present known complications. … Patient is not assessed for fall risk, and no preventive measures are taken.

  18. In Conversation With… Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH | PSNet

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    December 01, 2012 - Delirium often sets off a spiral where someone is very confused and a fall risk, so they get assigned … RW : Can you talk a little bit about what you've learned about prevention strategies? … As with these other important end-organ injuries, delirium is a clinical event for which prevention and … The next is to systematically implement effective screening, prevention, and management strategies. … The ABCDE model is an initial framework on which new prevention and treatment strategies can be added

  19. 009-Antibiotic-Stewardship-Guide (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/009-antibiotic-stewardship-guide.docx
    October 01, 2024 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention Antibiotic Stewardship and MRSA Reduction ICU & Non-ICU Slide … and Blood Culture Stewardship are essential best practices that are fundamentally important for MRSA prevention … They do not fall into any specific strategic area but are both interrelated with all four key strategies … able to benchmark these data based on national data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … No. 25-0007 October 2024 Antibiotic Stewardship | 1 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU

  20. Crossed Coverage | PSNet

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    September 01, 2015 - Implications for prevention. ADE Prevention Study Group. JAMA. 1995;274:29-34.
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